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Press Release: 35 Finalists Announced for Fourth-Annual C40 Cities Awards

The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) announced today the 35 finalists competing in ten urban climate action categories for the fourth-annual C40 Cities Awards, sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and BYD. The winners will be announced on December 1, 2016, at a ceremony in Mexico City, held alongside the sixth biennial C40 Mayors Summit.

Press Release: Paris Launches ‘Cap sur la COP22’ Public Exhibition on Climate Change: C40 Cities Featured for their Local Action and Collective Climate Leadership

Today C40 Chair-elect, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo launched ‘Cap sur la COP22’, an exhibition to demonstrate the action that cities, citizens and businesses take every day to build a sustainable city. The achievements of a number of C40 cities are featured in large photograph installations along the newly pedestrianized Right Bank of the Seine river, highlighting both the progress achieved since the historic Paris Agreement, as well as the challenges that lie ahead.

Press Release: Bogotá and Mexico City to Receive up to $1 Million each in Technical Support for Low-Carbon, Resilient Transportation Infrastructure

Press Release: Chennai Becomes Sixth Indian Megacity to Join C40’s Global Network Committed to Tackling Climate Change

The city of Chennai has joined the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40), affirming the commitment of the Greater Chennai Corporation to tackling climate change. The move reveals the determination of Indian cities to create low carbon and resilient economies, in support of the government’s commitments to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

Press Release: Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo Elected as New Chair of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group announced today in Rio de Janeiro that Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has been elected to succeed Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes as C40 Chair. The C40 Steering Committee elected her unanimously to the position, where she will provide strategic direction and governance to the organization.

Press Release: London Mayor Sadiq Khan Elected C40 Vice Chair

Mayor Khan will represent European Mayors in Network of Megacities London, UK (20 July 2016) – London Mayor Sadiq Khan was elected to the role of Vice Chair on the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) Steering Committee today, the governing body that provides strategic direction for the C40 network of megacities committed to action on climate change.

Press Release: New financing options for climate-resilient urban infrastructure

Siemens, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and Citi launch report outlining new mechanisms to boost large-scale capital for climate action in cities. Report also outlines innovative ways to leverage incentives in climate financing.

Press Release: EU Covenant of Mayors and Compact of Mayors launch largest global coalition of cities committed to fighting climate change

Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy will combine efforts and leadership to accelerate climate action at the local level worldwide. Brussels, 22 June 2016 - Today, the world’s two primary city-led climate change and energy initiatives, the EU Covenant of Mayors and the Compact of Mayors, announced the formation of a new, first-of-its-kind global initiative of cities and local governments leading in the fight against climate change. This single initiative will create the largest global coalition of cities committed to climate leadership, building on the commitments of more than 7,100 cities from 119 countries and six continents, representing more than 600 million inhabitants, over 8% of the world’s population. The launch of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy comes six months after the historic Paris climate change conference, where cities were crucial voices in shaping and advocating for a strong global agreement, and is a historic and powerful response by the world’s local leaders to the urgent climate challenge.

Press Release: Wuhan and Shenzhen Pioneer Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Effort to Tackle Climate Change

Wuhan and Shenzhen will become the first cities in China to develop comprehensive inventories of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by using a global and UN recognized standard. Supported by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, of which both cities are members and the World Resources Institute (WRI), the inventories will use the international gold standard, the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC). This process, made possible with funding from the British philanthropy Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), is a crucial step towards understanding and reducing a city’s emissions.

Press Release: Dalian and Chengdu Become Eighth and Ninth Chinese Megacities to Join C40’s Global Network

Chinese megacities Dalian and Chengdu have joined the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, affirming the commitment of the cities and their Mayors Xiao Shengfeng and Tang Liangzhi to tackling climate change. The move by two more Chinese megacities reveals the determination of mayors to create low carbon and resilient economies, in support of the Chinese government’s commitments to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.